I also brought mine up with MM....

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I feel the exact same way.  As an IC, I do not feel I should commit to lines or a schedule.  In my opinion, finishing early, doesn't mean a thing.  As an IC, I have the option to refuse work at any given time.  If the MTSO does not like that, then find an employee.  I am tired also of finding that even IC status does not pay any better than the so-called employee jobs.  Yes, down time should be paid as an employee.  On another board, there is a job, IC status, 10,000 lines a week.  Cut me a break.  As an IC, you are supposed to be marketable to other accounts out there, not solely one account.  You should be spreading out so to speak, and if you commit to that many lines, then how do you market yourself to other clients.  Also, I find it rather odd when an IC status position is posted as full-time or part-time.  There is no such thing in an IC's world.  It is not that cut and dry. 

I agree with you..... wholeheartedly...... 

I admit, I'm one of those women who got into transcripton because it was something I could do from home.  I was 20 years old, single with a baby, and looking for a job.  My mother mentioned going to school for Medical Transcription.  I had no clue what it was nor did she.  When I asked what it was, she said, "I don't know but I hear you can do it from home."  LOL, that's all I needed to hear.  Well, that baby will be 21 years old in a few months and I have to say, transcription has been good to us.  There are actually 3 of us now, no hubby though, just my 2 daughters and I. Just thought I would share my road to transcription.

So, what brought you to the world of transcription?

in third grade and he is now in 10th.  He is no longer medicated.  He was in therapy for 2 years because he was bullied, had horrendous teachers, and had low self-esteem because of various school issues.   He came home 3 days after starting K saying his teacher yelled at the kids.  I should have taken him out then, but didn't think I could do it.  I fought the system for so long and continue to fight it today as I help other parents advocate for their children, but at least now my son isn't caught in the middle.   

Lots of parents bring their kids home for the high school years, at least for a year.  There is no law that says they can't go back for whatever reasons.  I know lots of parents who have homeschooled K-11th grade and then their kids want to go to high school for their senior year.   If your son is failing and miserable why send him to school.  

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Seriously, I really appreciate all your supportive advice and thoughts! I have decided after being treated like this and putting up with it for too long, to look for another job or maybe even another career.  I wish I could quit on them right on the spot without notice, but I have decided to show them what class or professionalism is, even in this bad situation. (Of course, if they do not pay me, then I will quit immediately.)  I can only hope they treat their next MT with some courtesy and respect which we all deserve. 

Hugs to you all ~

Someone named 'Ronald' is posting the strangest comments.  Not sure if he has a white hooded robe in his closet, or not.  He seems to think that the civil rights movement has made it impossible to get good help in America and also that we have become illiterate and so are unable to hold such skilled jobs as MT.  A few more people need to go over there and slap him down, please?

or brought it to day camp. One way or the other, this stinks.

Other than the usual shampoo; comb with a good metal nit comb; clean, spray, bug, and/or bag everything in the house, any other suggestions? I even bought a steam cleaner for the furniture and rugs.

I'm getting dirty looks at work. The kids want to go back to camp, but I'm worried about what the other kids are going to do/say. I'm keeping them home until next week. Need advice reassurance from mom who have been here.

all the major TV stations and aired on prime time. 

of my supervisor, who brought it to the attention of the doc.  She said that he got huffy and argued that there WAS such a word as "equivocable" and that he wanted me to type it.  This is not a mispronounced way of saying "equivocal".  I found that out when I flagged it the first time.  The doc actually thinks that is a word, and nobody is able to tell him otherwise, not even a dictionary entry!  That was when my boss asked me to note it on my log every time he did it so that we were covering ourselves. 

Then the doc got annoyed that I was putting it on my log.  Because, after all, it was saying that the Great One was wrong! Horrors!  So then she asked me to take it off the log.  The problem with just typing in equivocal is that it is a verbatim account and this doc has it in his pea brain that "equivocable" is a word.  Secondly, there are times when he says his made-up word when the context would suggest "equivocal" and ALSO when the context would suggest "unequivocal".  I am not an MD, so I don't want to guess at which of these two very different meanings he intends based on the context, you know? 

I think I am going to take the advice of the MT who suggested keeping a copy of my files, which I do, and keeping a copy of the email where my boss asked me to stop flagging "equivocable" on the log. 

I brought him home from the vet on Saturday.  He was still running a temperature, but it was much lower - 103.  It had been 106 when we took him to the vet.  He was still lethargic, but had started to groom himself.  I have antibiotics I have to give him twice a day, by Sunday afternoon he was becoming playful again and was drinking a lot more and started to eat more.  Today, he is back to his old self.  Attacking my PC wires and walking on my keyboard, trying to get my fingers when I type.

I am so relieved!